Jacob's Blog

Annikki and Jacob Matthan live in Oulu, Finland. Annikki is a Finn, Jacob an Indian. They are the founders of the Findians Movement way back in 1967. Both are now retired. They have been married for 57 years. This blog is an account of their lives and thoughts as reminiscenced through Annikki's and Jacob's eyes.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Angry at Police incompetence

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Although I have a bee in my bonnet, at this moment I am not still riling about the most incompetent bank in the world, the ICICI Bank in Ind...

Being hacked

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No, not my computer, as I use a hack proof Apple Mac! Just yesterday, I received a message from a very dear friend of mine in a language tha...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Fascination with weather

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Annikki is passionate about the weather, whether it be the snow fall in Houston or the burning heat wave in the Antarctic causing the glacie...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Drones again and more American stupidity

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A few weeks ago, while we were in Ahmedabad I blogged a report about Drones Guess what. The "terrorists" have acquired software ca...

Splitting up blog entries from now

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Holiday is now officially over. I am going back to splitting up my blog entries into the old system. Just to remind you of the Blogs: Jacob...
Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas morning 2009

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Is there any breakfast on par with Masala Dosai? In Finland, the best breakfast, I can think of, is salted salmon on rieska. Rieska is a rou...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas dinner 2009

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This year, as Annikki was not well, we did not call anyone over to share in our traditional Christmas dinner. Annikki was busy in the garden...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Am I anti-Indian or anti-Finnish?

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I had a conversation with a dear friend from Delhi, yesterday morning, after he had read my blog entry, who asked me not to give up hope abo...
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1989 revisited

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Annikki and I, along with my professor, visited India on a trip that took us to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and then Delhi, where we took p...
Monday, December 21, 2009

I know I am back in Finland

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Today is the shortest day in Oulu, the Winter Solstice. Date: 21 Dec 2009 Sunrise: 10:17 Sunset: 13:51 Day length: 3h 34m 01s Had to go our ...
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Flying back to Finland

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Before I take you through to our last phase of our journey, I wanted to share with you the last breakfast I had in New Delhi. I was joined b...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Back in Oulu, and What! Oh! What!

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The first picture is the absolutely delightful gift given to us by the Patni team in Bangalore after they hosted us for a great dinner. Now,...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Last day in Delhi

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I set out at 07:30 to go to the diagnostics centre to do my blood test. I had to return home and go there again after two hours after my bre...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Closing down

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The stay at the Malayala Manorama Guest House has been perfect. The atmosphere inside and outside is serene. The garden in front of the Golf...
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

I finally got it

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(Also posted on the Kooler Talk Blog!) I have been waiting almost three years to get my hands on this. I had asked several friends passing t...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Delhi Roundup....

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St. Stephen's College Founders' Day being Sunday, the official programme was put over to Monday. The Communion Service in the Colleg...

Running behind schedule...

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My spat with the ICICI Bank, now rated as the worst bank in India, has delayed my overall programme and also my blogging. I have been sittin...
Sunday, December 06, 2009

Delhi hosts us

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It was so great that the Delhi Cathedralites Alumni organised a special event so that Annikki and I could meet with them yesterday. Two of u...
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